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Writing Centre
Handouts & Slides

The Writing Centre offers these free handouts to help you with your work. They are on our open shelves. Help yourself and come back later for more! For more help, please visit the Library and English Language Support.
- Writing in University: The Basics
- Developing Your Own Essay Subject from a Large Topic Area
- Writing a University Essay
- Writing Comparison or Contrast Essay
- A Review of Professional Literature
- A University Book Report or Book Review
- An Annotated Bibliography
- Efficient Group Writing
- Notes on Reading and Writing Philosophy
- The Most Common Major Errors
- Punctuation
- Punctuating direct speech (conversation)
- Parallel Structure
- A Cure for Wordiness
Slides (PowerPoint Presentations):
- APA
- Articles (for non-native speakers of English)
- Basic Essay Writing
- Citing, Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
- Critical Reading for Better Writing
- Confusing words
- Dangling modifiers
- How to Avoid Plagiarism
- Passive/Active voice
- Sentence Fragments
- Tenses (for non-native speakers of English)
- Writing Effective Thesis Statements
- Writing Introductions and Conclusions






